Family · 0dd49b967227d3ed5c160acb566e60ae

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Ma famille !

In English we say my mother, my father, etc., but in French you’d say mon père and ma mère. That’s because père is masculine and mère is feminine. The same goes for your, his, and her.

Masculine	Feminine
mon père my father	ma mère my mother
ton frère your brother	ta sœur your sister
son fils his / her son	sa fille his / her daughter

Fille and femme

Fille and femme have multiple meanings! Fille means girl or daughter, and femme means woman or wife. Use context to decide which meaning is intended.

Possession

In English, we say Marie’s cat to show that the cat belongs to Marie. But in French, you’d say le chat de Marie, which literally means the cat of Marie.

Before vowels, de becomes d’.